Woy Woy Landfill Gas Abatement Facility

Woy Woy Landfill Gas Abatement Facility is a landfill gas project located at the Woy Woy Waste Management Facility on Nagari Road, approximately 4km southwest of the Woy Woy town centre on the New South Wales Central Coast. Registered in August 2013, the project operates within an active waste management site that serves the southern Central Coast community. The facility is situated in a bushland setting, immediately bordering the extensive Brisbane Water National Park to the south and west, with residential zones to the north.

The project operates under the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative, Electricity Generation from Landfill Gas) Methodology Determination 2021. This methodology rewards the capture and combustion of methane, a potent greenhouse gas released during the decomposition of organic waste. The project uses a gas collection system to extract landfill gas from both legacy (pre-scheme) and non-legacy waste deposits. This captured gas is then combusted in a generation unit to produce renewable electricity, which is fed into the grid, effectively converting a waste emission into a usable energy resource while reducing the site's carbon footprint.

Ecologically, the region experiences a humid subtropical climate with high rainfall, typical of the NSW Central Coast. The landscape is defined by the Hawkesbury Sandstone group, resulting in soils that are predominantly sandy loams and clays with high permeability. While the project sits on engineered landfill terrain, the surrounding native environment consists of dry sclerophyll forest and sandstone woodland.

Notably, the project's administration has evolved significantly since its inception. While originally contracted under AGL Energy Services, the project participant role was transferred solely to LMS Energy Pty Ltd in November 2023. LMS Energy is a specialist in bioenergy and landfill gas, operating numerous similar facilities across Australia. The project previously held a Carbon Abatement Contract with the Australian Government to supply 130,000 tonnes of abatement, which was successfully completed in June 2022.